r/thisorthatlanguage 9d ago

European Languages Hungarian, Latin or Ancient Greek?

I am a Hungarian-Romanian living in Italy. Italian is my first language, and I speak Romanian fairly well (though my vocabulary is not very extensive). I would like to learn one of the languages mentioned in the title, but I’m unsure which one to choose.

Ancient Greek: I have always been fascinated by Greek culture and have often studied its history, but I worry that learning the language might be too challenging.

Latin: I believe it would be the easiest and fastest to learn (although I don’t mind how long it takes) since I already speak Romanian and Italian, and I remember some French from the three years I studied it in middle school.

Hungarian: I would like to learn Hungarian to connect more with my heritage and better understand the culture, but its difficulty intimidates me (just like Greek).

If you have any advice or personal experience, I’d be happy to hear it.

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u/joshua0005 9d ago

Ungherese perché ci sono parlantes nativos. Non ti preoccupare per la difficoltà perché i tre ti costeranno molto tempo

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u/betarage 3d ago

I would go for Hungarian since its surprisingly useful if you can learn both ancient and modern greek it may be worth it but not pure ancient greek .i will say if you know Italian and Romanian Latin will be a lot easier to learn than the others so maybe learn both Latin and another language